Drug-sniffing Dogs

October 23, 1985|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

Yes, dogs to sniff for drugs in the schools. Dogs are impersonal, cannot be bribed by any former friendships, and have a "6th sense" for drugs no monitor has - he can move more quickly and accurately to spot the drug problem. He doesn't hem and haw - he goes directly to his assigned task. He is not discouraged by proper work or court appearances - just a straight-forward worker "seeker."

If I were a student in school, I would most definitely want drugs found and gotten rid of so I wouldn't be exposed by breathing or watching illegal sales. If I were a parent, I would want my child found out, if he/ she had or sold drugs - in the ballet school I owned and directed for many years, and hope soon to return to, I would call in a K-9 drug dog if I suspected drugs in my school. And I would be willing to be out of pocket, as school director, to pay for it if need be.

Michael Combs is right - listen and act with him.Too soon it's "too late" to save a child. Narcotics agents have said that for many people just one sniff of cocaine can create an addict, and/or irreversible brain damage. It would cost far less to pay for one K-9 than to subsidize one addict in a mental institution all his life. Drugs are not like too many cookies that make one's tummy ill!